Burton Bradstock
A large pretty village, just back from the sea at the of end of the Bride Valley, with many thatched cottages built from the local stone in the 16th & 17th century.
Distance from Freshwater: 0.5 miles

West Bay
A village-sized seaside resort in a fine situation with a miscellaneous collection of buildings and a proper harbour. Until 1884 this was Bridport Harbour. The views along the shore are beautiful.
Distance from Freshwater: 1 mile

Bridport
An interesting market town with the rope industry as its staple trade since the 13th century; with its most prosperous period in the 18th and early 19th century, the date of most of the town's building. An old saying is 'to be stabbed with a Bridport dagger' i.e. hanged.
Distance from Freshwater: 1.8 miles

Abbotsbury
A much visited pretty picture-postcard village, all stone with lots of thatch cottages. With the swannery, the church and abbey remains, the tithe barn farm and the sub-tropical gardens, it is a good place to spend a day.
Distance from Freshwater: 9 miles